Beer and vegemite - MAAS Collection

This collection set contains a range of objects linked to brewing and yeast in the collection and the podcast on beer and vegemite. Beer reflects the changing fortunes of women in Australia: in 1797, an ex-convict woman was allowed to open a pub, yet in the 1960s, feminists had to fight to allow women in public bars. Beer and politics are inseparable – like beer and hangovers. Prime Minister Bob Hawke set an ale-drinking world record in 1954 and has a craft beer named after him, while Resch’s …

97/257/1-2 Thesis, on brewing, paper / textile, by Carl Resch, Australia / England, 1936 - 1946

Doctoral thesis on brewing by Carl Resch

2007/61/1 Archive, hotel architecture, designs by Sidney Warden, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1922-1959

The Sidney Warden Archive re documenting hotels designed by Sidney Warden

86/3348-1 Funnel (1 of 4), with rolled rim lip, copper, maker unknown, place of production unknown, used by Tooth & Co Limited, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1840-1985

Copper funnel used in brewing

91/2094 Jar with lid, 'Vegemite', glass / paper / metal, Kraft Foods Limited, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 19946-56

2007/61/1-3/62 Photographic print, black and white, public bar in Henson Park Hotel, Marrickville, E A Bradford, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1936

Photograph of Henson Park Hotel public bar, Marrickville by E A Bradford

2006/108/1 Jar and lid, 'Vegemite', glass / metal / rubber, Kraft Walker Cheese Co Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1935-1945

Vegemite jar made of white opal glass

2007/61/1-3/126 Photographic print, black and white, saloon bar in Hotel Rozelle, Rozelle, Phil Ward, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, c.1938

Photograph of Hotel Rozelle saloon bar, Rozelle by Phil Ward

91/2093 Jar, 'Vegemite', glass, by Fred Walker and Co Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1923

'Vegemite' jar by Fred Walker and Co Pty Ltd

2008/165/1-104 Glass plate negative (1 of 193), four men holding beer bottles, glass, photographer possibly Arthur Phillips, Australia, c. 1891

Glass plate negative of four men holding beer bottles

2011/26/3 Jar of spread, 'iSnack 2.0 / Vegemite', yeast extract / cheese / glass / metal, by Kraft Foods Limited, Victoria, Australia, 2009

Vegemite 'iSnack 2.0' spread by Kraft Foods Limited

86/3400-2 Bottle (1 of 4), 'Tooth's Beer', beer, green, glass, Tooth & Co Ltd, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1900-1910

91/2096 Container, 'Vegemite', plastic, by Kraft Foods Limited, Australia, 1940-1949

'Vegemite' spread container by Kraft Foods Limited

2003/102/11 Beer cans (4), 'Carlton Light', issued for the centenary of Victorian Cricket, metal, Carlton & United Breweries, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1995

Four Carlton Light beer cans